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A rare condition

Four-month-old Luna Sifuentes was suppose to come home Monday, but her elevated liver levels prolonged her stay at Dallas Children’s Hospital in Dallas.Her status changed by Tuesday morning when she was expected to be released Thursday.Luna, diagnosed with biliary atresia, underwent a procedure March 31 to confirm that her liver wasn’t draining properly. Doctors then surgically removed her gallbladder and attached a portion of her liver to her small intestine. This segment of Luna’s intestine now functions as a new pathway for the bile to reach the intestine.It isn’t a cure, but it could give her some extra time to ...

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